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" Android's user-space is so different from stock Linux, you can easily say that Android is not in any way a Linux system, except for the kernel. "

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" Good candidates can arrive at the binary search tree as the right path in a few minutes, and then take 10-15 minutes working through the rest of the problem and the other roadblocks I toss out. But occasionally I get a candidate who 'intuitively understands' trees and can visualize the problem I'm presenting. "

" The interesting thing about Android's design is how little we modified the kernel. "